Class Note 1988
Issue
May-June 2020
Greetings, ’88s! In my role as class secretary for almost two years now, it has been great fun to catch up with so many of you, to hear what’s new (or holding steady) in your lives, and to learn about the classmates you see and keep in touch with. For those of you who want to share news, please shoot me an email any time. For the rest of you, please keep an eye out for my emails asking for your updates about how and what you are doing.
Let’s talk first about Cari Jackson Lewis. Many of us were privileged to hear Cari’s “Ted Talk” at our 30th reunion and still remember her well-told story of son Jackson’s birth (on the bedroom floor). Cari reports that Jackson, her youngest, is now a freshman in college, pursuing theater studies in New York, and her older two children are in or about to begin graduate school. With the three of them at schools across the country, Cari stays busy with her extended family in L.A. and her job as a senior development officer at the California Community Foundation. She also found time to publish an article in the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners Journal on the importance of gift acceptance policies.
Heike Milhench has had a wonderfully interesting year, one that many of us (yes, that includes me) would love to emulate. For the last 20 years Heike has been the president of Milhench Supply Co. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, but last fall she took her two children to Germany for a three-month sabbatical. They lived in a small town, reconnected with Heike’s family there, and enjoyed traveling, biking, soccer, and so many cultural experiences. Heike keeps in regular touch with many classmates, including Deana (Moody) and Tom McLaughlin and Ellen (Bober) Moynihan, with whom Heike gets together a couple of times a year, including around May 22 to remember Amy Smith, who passed away in 2014, on what would have been her birthday.
Congratulations to Pauline Garris Brown, who joins the ranks of our classmates who have written well-reviewed and engaging books. She has published Aesthetic Intelligence, which presents a groundbreaking approach to business that uses aesthetics to enhance success and value. I can attest to the fact that it’s a really interesting read. Pauline has also taught a course at Harvard Business School on “The Business of Aesthetics,” is a frequent speaker and commentator in the media, and hosts a radio show. In fact, she recently had our very own Ed Gray as a guest on her radio show.
All the best.
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com
Let’s talk first about Cari Jackson Lewis. Many of us were privileged to hear Cari’s “Ted Talk” at our 30th reunion and still remember her well-told story of son Jackson’s birth (on the bedroom floor). Cari reports that Jackson, her youngest, is now a freshman in college, pursuing theater studies in New York, and her older two children are in or about to begin graduate school. With the three of them at schools across the country, Cari stays busy with her extended family in L.A. and her job as a senior development officer at the California Community Foundation. She also found time to publish an article in the Society of Trust and Estates Practitioners Journal on the importance of gift acceptance policies.
Heike Milhench has had a wonderfully interesting year, one that many of us (yes, that includes me) would love to emulate. For the last 20 years Heike has been the president of Milhench Supply Co. in New Bedford, Massachusetts, but last fall she took her two children to Germany for a three-month sabbatical. They lived in a small town, reconnected with Heike’s family there, and enjoyed traveling, biking, soccer, and so many cultural experiences. Heike keeps in regular touch with many classmates, including Deana (Moody) and Tom McLaughlin and Ellen (Bober) Moynihan, with whom Heike gets together a couple of times a year, including around May 22 to remember Amy Smith, who passed away in 2014, on what would have been her birthday.
Congratulations to Pauline Garris Brown, who joins the ranks of our classmates who have written well-reviewed and engaging books. She has published Aesthetic Intelligence, which presents a groundbreaking approach to business that uses aesthetics to enhance success and value. I can attest to the fact that it’s a really interesting read. Pauline has also taught a course at Harvard Business School on “The Business of Aesthetics,” is a frequent speaker and commentator in the media, and hosts a radio show. In fact, she recently had our very own Ed Gray as a guest on her radio show.
All the best.
—Tory Woodin Chavey, 128 Steele Road, West Hartford, CT 06119; dartmouth88classnotes@gmail.com